Saint Mira

Author(s): T L Vaswani
Publisher: Saint Miras English Medium School

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THE CITY OF MANY GATES sacred to Sri Krishna. There she does kirtan to the glory of her Lord. A number of devout ladies join her. With these she builds a little Group of Devotees, her bhakta-mandali.
A tradition has it that, one day, Rana Vikramajit comes secretly from Chitor to meet her in Dwarka and implores her to return to Chitor, saying :“Since the day you left the palace, Chitor has had to face many difficulties. And the people tell me :-'Our sufferings are due to the treatment given to Mira. I come to ask you to forgive me. Bless me and return with me to Chitor!"
Mira repeatedly requests to be cxcused. The. Rana returns alone, but sends a number of Brahmins to persuade her to come back to Chitor. They are wonder-struck at what they see. Mira is absorbed in her kirtan!
The Brahmins sit at her door, saying :-“O Holy One! We cannot go without you. Nor can we eat anything, until you come back with us to Chitor!”
Mira feels it is a sin to let the Brahmins stay and starve. She says to them :-"Do let me have a little time : and let me go to the Temple to take · leave of my Beloved and get His blessings before I go back with you to Chitor.”